Marketing for Machine Shops: Part 2 – Brochures

As an owner of a company that buys a...

Vacuum Chuck System from Pierson Workholding

Pierson Workholding recently released the SmartVac II Vacuum Workholding...

Product Review: Silvent Cold Air Nozzle

A short while back we introduced the cold air...

Obama’s Small Business Rescue Plan will Fail

In President Obama’s recent State of the Union address...

American Machinist Bites the Dust

Chalk up another casualty to the decline in the...

New Haas DT-1 Drill and Tap Machine

The new DT-1 from Haas Automation, Inc., is a...

New Products Titan Grinding Promises 50% Faster Grinding

Titan Grinding Promises 50% Faster Grinding

Titan Grinding Machines from Gleason are designed to reduce finish grinding times by as much as 50 percent on cylindrical gears up to 1,500 mm in diameter, according to the company. Workpieces can be loaded...

July 29 2010 / No comment / Read More
MicroMachining Toolholder

MicroMachining Toolholder

The TRIBOS-RM precision toolholder from SCHUNK has a one-piece, rotationally symmetric design with a precise run-out accuracy of less than 0.003 mm for small tools for micro machining. It is designed for spindle speeds of...

July 27 2010 / No comment / Read More
Makino EDM Machines

Makino EDM Machines

Makino introduced the Ram EDM machinery, the EDAF Series. It is designed for manufacturing in uncontrolled thermal environments and long hours of unattended burning. EDAF-series machines are also equipped with a servo system for rapid...

July 23 2010 / No comment / Read More
5 Axis Waterjet

5 Axis Waterjet

Water jet manufacturer Jet Edge, Inc., is now offering 5-axis water jet cutting technology with Intelligent Kerf Compensation – IKC. The IKC 5-Axis water jet cutting head is capable of making inclined cuts and controlling...

July 20 2010 / No comment / Read More
Industry News

Unemployment Predicted Above 7% Through 2012

Unemployment Predicted Above 7% Through 2012

Don’t expect unemployment to drop much in the next year or two, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. He projects the jobless rate...

Jul 30 2010 / No comment / Read More

Manufacturing Technology Drops in May. Up from 2009

Manufacturing Technology Drops in May. Up from 2009

May US manufacturing technology consumption totaled $178.34 million, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association [AMTDA] and The Association For Manufacturing Technology [AMT]....

Jul 17 2010 / No comment / Read More

Haas Demo Day 17

Haas Demo Day 17

Mark your calendar for June 9, 2010, when your local Haas Factory Outlet will host a “Fast & Furious DT-1” Demo Day event. Check...

Jun 8 2010 / 1 comment / Read More

Mag HyperMach for Shanghai Aircraft of China

Mag HyperMach for Shanghai Aircraft of China

MAG Industrial Automation Systems, Erlanger, KY, received an order for two HyperMach H4000 5-axis horizontal profilers, and other auxiliary equipment, valued at approximately $6...

Jun 4 2010 / No comment / Read More

Aerospace Industry: Leading the Comeback

Aerospace Industry: Leading the Comeback

The global aerospace industry has witnessed impressive growth over the past few years, with major contribution from the civil aviation segment. The US and...

Apr 25 2010 / 1 comment / Read More

Economic Turn-Around Beginning to Show for Some

Economic Turn-Around Beginning to Show for Some

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in December for the fifth consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the eighth consecutive month,...

Apr 7 2010 / No comment / Read More


The Spotlight

Editorial

Machining’s Golden Age

Machining’s Golden Age

I’ll let you in on a little secret: I read science fiction. Not exclusively, but I do enjoy the techie stories of authors like Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven, and Robert Heinlein. They blend stories about people and technology with an optimistic outlook about what’s in...

Jul 16 2010 / No comment / Read More

The “C” Word

The “C” Word

Yeah, I’m a codger — not yet by definition “old” since I don’t yell at kids to get off my lawn, but I’m getting codger qualified. I can tell because I like some things that have changed, but shouldn’t have, like the...

Jun 21 2010 / No comment / Read More

Marketing for Machine Shops: Part 2 – Brochures

Marketing for Machine Shops: Part 2 – Brochures

As an owner of a company that buys a lot of machined parts I often receive solicitations in the form of brochures.  I appreciate the time fellow business people take in putting together marketing materials to pursue sales, but correctly pursuing a customer starts well...

May 26 2010 / No comment / Read More

Is Government the Answer?

Is Government the Answer?

It used to be that 20 years ago was a significant amount. Not so much now. Haul someone from 1990 to 2010 and there wouldn’t be the same amount of future shock that bringing someone forward from 1930 to 1950 would have....

May 23 2010 / No comment / Read More

Obama’s Small Business Rescue Plan will Fail

Obama’s Small Business Rescue Plan will Fail

In President Obama’s recent State of the Union address he introduced a plan for $30 billion of TARP money to be lent to small businesses through the banking network.  This shot in the arm is exactly what small business needs to regain working capital for...

Feb 14 2010 / No comment / Read More
Product Reviews

Table Stop for 5 Axis Machining

Table Stop for 5 Axis Machining With most other 5 axis table stops we’ve seen most suffer from instability from flex due to poor engineering or manufacturing.  The Pro-Stop is...

Jun 5 2010 / No comment / Read More

Product Review: Silvent Cold Air Nozzle

Product Review: Silvent Cold Air Nozzle A short while back we introduced the cold air nozzle from Silvent.  This technology involves converting compressed air into a stream of cold air 40...

May 17 2010 / 1 comment / Read More

Product Review: The Speed Hammer

Product Review: The Speed Hammer Back in March we announced a new product from Pierson Workholding – the Speed Hammer. The Speed Hammer is a combination speed handle and...

Nov 1 2008 / No comment / Read More
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